Archive 2023

By Elias Hazou and Andria Kades The House on Thursday voted against another extension to a freeze on property repossessions, the majority of MPs deciding to give the new government ...

Britain said on Thursday it would delay building parts of a new high-speed railway linking London and northern England after the cost of the massive project, known as HS2, soared ...

Limassol has taken a novel approach to combining awareness of environmental issues with attracting tourists, by installing 10 sculptures of Caretta-caretta turtles at key spots across the coastal city. The action ...

As West Ham is set to face Aek in the Conference League round of 16 on Thursday, one particular corner of Cyprus will rejoice the connection between the East London club ...

An upcoming drag queen show at RED Music Stage promises to be a night of music, fun and liberation. Drag shows are on the rise in Cyprus and spreading way ...

In Cyprus the number of kidney patients on dialysis doubled from 2014 to 2022, while a significant percentage of people with a kidney disorder are unaware of their condition, speakers at a ...

Paris St Germain were knocked out in the Champions League last 16 for the fifth time in 12 seasons under big-spending owners Qatar Sport Investment (QSI) and it came as no surprise ...

Turkey’s lira weakened to a fresh record low of 18.9620 against the dollar on Thursday, as investors weigh the economic impact of massive earthquakes that hit the country last month. ...

The House interior committee will meet next week to evaluate the state’s earthquake response preparedness and to further discuss the stability and quality of buildings. Both issues have gained ...

The well-known four-act existential play by Anton Chekov Three Sisters is coming soon to the island’s theatres, presented by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. Translated and adapted into Greek, the ...

Century Travel, the only cruise specialist in Cyprus, is delighted to announce its partnership with Explora Journeys, having been chosen by the latter as its preferred sales representative for Cyprus. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that twice-yearly exams at schools have failed, and legal reforms need to be made to abolish them. Speaking after his visit to the Pefkios ...

A Virginia prosecutor said he would not seek charges against a six-year-old boy who police said shot his first-grade teacher at school earlier this year. Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney ...

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said his Mercedes team did not listen to him in developing their 2023 Formula One car. The Briton told reporters last week that Mercedes were ...

An Indonesian court handed prison sentences to two soccer match officials on Thursday after finding them guilty of negligence over one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes. The October 2022 ...

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalised after tripping and falling at a hotel in Washington on Wednesday, his spokesperson said in a statement. “This evening, Leader McConnell ...

A rich natural environment and cultural heritage, in addition to its cherries, make this mountain village an ideal place to appreciate rural Cyprus life says PAUL LAMBIS The island of ...

Cyprus Airways on Thursday issued an apology for an incident involving a passenger with reduced mobility that took place on March 2. In the past days Rafaella Miltiades, the passenger in ...

By Helen Warner The third and final instalment of the Magic Mike series is still drawing enthusiastic audiences. Inspired by Channing Tatum’s real-life Magic Mike Live stage show, the ...

A 36-year-old man was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted for assisting illegal entry into the government-controlled areas. Larnaca criminal court issued its sentence on Thursday after ...

Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate in February leapt to a higher-than-expected 31.9 per cent, its highest in five and a half years, from 25.8 per cent in January, data from ...

What common elements do psychoanalysis and cinema have? That is what an upcoming event at Rialto Theatre will explore. The Cyprus Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, the Lab for Animation Research ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised on Thursday for a train crash that killed 57 people, promising to fix long-standing deficiencies in the railway sector and support victims’ families as anti-government ...

China will deepen its cooperation with Russia to try to challenge the United States despite international condemnationof the invasion of Ukraine, the leaders of U.S. intelligence agencies said on ...